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Coffee and tea pod

a technology for coffee and tea, applied in the field of beverage dispensers, can solve the problems of beverage dispensers as a whole being somewhat slow between beverage cycles, and the elements of the device that come into contact with the brewing material usually have to be cleaned,

Active Publication Date: 2005-08-25
THE COCA-COLA CO
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[0007] The base and the circular sidewall may be substantially rigid. The base and the circular sidewall may have a height to diameter ratio of about 0.435 or less. The number of apertures may be about 54 apertures. A concave lid may be positioned within the circular sidewall.
[0008] The substantially stiff filter paper may have a grammage of about forty (40)

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One drawback with these known brewing devices is that the elements of the device that come into contact with the brewing material usually must be cleaned.
As a result, the beverage dispenser as a whole may be somewhat slow between beverage cycles because the container must be inserted, aligned, removed and / or the dispenser elements must be cleaned.

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[0031] Commonly owned U.S. Pat. No. 6,786,134, entitled “COFFEE AND TEA DISPENSER” and U.S. patent application Ser. No.10 / 604,445, entitled “COFFEE AND TEA POD”, now allowed (U.S. 2005-0016383 A1), are incorporated herein by reference.

[0032] Referring now to the drawings, in which like numerals refer to like elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1 and 2 show one application of a beverage dispenser system 100. In these figures, a pod brewing apparatus 300 is shown. The pod brewing apparatus 300 may include a heat exchanger 150 positioned within a hot water reservoir 160 and in communication with an injection nozzle 200 as is shown. In this embodiment, the elements of the beverage dispenser system 100 as a whole are mounted onto a dispenser frame 305. The dispenser frame 305 may be made out of stainless steel, aluminum, other types of metals, or other types of substantially noncorrosive materials.

[0033] The injection nozzle 200 may interact with one or more pod cartridges 210...

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Abstract

A pod for holding an amount of mixable material. The pod may include a circular sidewall and a base. The base may include a number of apertures. A substantially stiff filter paper may be positioned about the base.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 604,445, filed on Jul. 22, 2003, entitled “Coffee and Tea Pod”, now allowed.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates generally to a container for brewing material and more particularly relates to a pod for use in the automatic brewing of coffee, tea, and other beverages. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Various types of automatic coffee and tea dispensers are known. Generally described, these dispensers hold a measure of ground coffee, tealeaves, or other type of brewable material in a container of some sort. Hot water typically is added to the material so as to brew the beverage. The material is usually held in some sort of disposable container that must be opened or penetrated so as to allow the hot water to pass therethrough. [0004] One drawback with these known brewing devices is that the elements of the device that come into contact with the brewing...

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IPC IPC(8): A47J31/06A47J31/36A47J31/40B65D81/00B65D85/804
CPCA47J31/3633B65D85/8043A47J31/3642B65D85/8061B65D85/8046
Inventor KIRSCHNER, JONATHANGREEN, CHARLES BRADLEYHEINSZ, LOUIS JOSEPH
Owner THE COCA-COLA CO
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